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Calendars are available on the Internet at http://www.ci.sf.ca.us/planning or
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REVIEW AT THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, 1660 MISSION ST., 5TH FLOOR RECEPTION

Commission Meeting Procedures

Material submitted by the public for Commission review
prior to a scheduled hearing should be received by the Planning Department
reception counter at 1660 Mission Street, fifth floor, no later than 5:00 PM
the Wednesday (eight days) prior to the scheduled public hearing.Persons unable to attend a hearing may
submit written comments regarding a calendared item to the Commission at the
above listed address.Comments
received by 11:30 AM on the day of the hearing will be made part of the
official record and will be broughtto the attention of the Planning Commission at the public hearing.Otherwise, submit material related to a
calendared item at the scheduled hearing for distribution.For complete distribution to all
Commissioners, necessary staff and case/docket/correspondence files, submit an
original plus 10 copies.

Pursuant
to Government Code Section 65009, if you challenge, in court, (1) the adoption
or amendment of a general plan, (2) the adoption or amendment of a zoning
ordinance, (3) the adoption or amendment of any regulation attached to a
specific plan, (4) the adoption, amendment or modification of a development
agreement, or (5) the approval of a variance, conditional use authorization, or
any permit, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else
raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written
correspondence delivered to the Planning Commission, at, or prior to, the
public hearing.

Commission
action on Conditional Uses and reclassification may be appealed to the Board of
Supervisors within 30 days.Call (415)
554-5184 for more information.Commission actions after Discretionary Review may be appealed to the
Board of Appeals within 15 days of action by the Central Permit Bureau. Call
(415) 575-6880 for more information.Zoning Administrator action on a Variance application may be appealed to
the Board of Appeals within 10 days of issuance of the written decision.

The
Commission has instituted a policy that, in most cases, they will not call an
item for consideration after 10:00 PM.If an item is scheduled but not called or introduced prior to 10:00 PM,
the Commission may continue the matter to the next available hearing.Items listed on this calendar will not
be heard before the stated time.

Hearings are held at City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett
Place, Room 400, fourth floor, San Francisco, CA.The closest accessible BART station is the Civic Center
station located at the intersection of Market, Hyde and Grove Streets.Accessible curbside parking has been
designated at points along McAllister Street. Accessible MUNI lines serving
City Hall are the 42 Downtown Loop, 9 San Bruno and 71 Haight/Noriega and the F
Line.Accessible MUNI Metro lines
are the J, K, L, M, and N.For
more information regarding MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.American sign language interpreters
and/or a sound enhancement system will be available upon request by contacting
Dorothy Jaymes at (415) 558-6403 at least 72 hours prior to a hearing.Individuals with severe allergies,
environmental illnesses, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities
should call our accessibility hotline at (415) 554-8925 to discuss meeting
accessibility.In order to assist
the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are
reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical-based
products.Please help the City to
accommodate these individuals.

Know Your Rights Under the Sunshine
Ordinance

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its
decisions in full view of the public.Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County
exist to conduct the people’s business.This ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the
people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.

For more information on your rights under the Sunshine
Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a
violation of the ordinance, contact Donna Hall, Administrator, 1 Dr. Carlton B.
Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-5163
or by E-mail at Donna_Hall@ci.sf.ca.us.

Copies of the Sunshine Ordinance can be obtained from the
Clerk of the Sunshine Task Force,the San Francisco Library and on the City’s website at
www.ci.sf.ca.us/bdsupvrs/sunshine.

COMMUNICATIONS

Note: Each item on the Consent or Regular calendar may
include the following documents:

1)
Planning Department Case Executive Summary

2)
Planning Department Case Report

3) Draft
Motion or Resolution with Findings and/or Conditions

4)
Public Correspondence

These items will be available for review at the Planning
Department, 1660 Mission St., 5th floor reception.

85
SYCAMORE STREET - Request for Discretionary Review for 85 Sycamore
Street, Lot 045 in Assessor’s Block 3576, on Building Permit Application No.
2000.06.20.2307S - a proposal for the construction of a new 3-unit building in
a RH-3 zoning and 50-X height/bulk zoning district.The proposal is to remove the two
existing, one-story structures (one two-unit building and one one-unit
building) and to construct a new three-unit building with three legally
independent parking spaces, accessed from Sycamore Street in a RH-3 zoning and
50-X height/bulk zoning district.

Preliminary Recommendation:Pending

(Proposed for Continuance to January 25, 2001)

3.1999.770DDDDD(WANG:
558‑6335)

567 ‑
569 SANCHEZ STREET,east side between 19th and Hancock Streets; Lot 032
inAssessor’s Block 3585.The proposal is to demolish an existing single‑family dwelling with a
detached garage and construct a new three story plus attic over garage, two‑family
dwelling, in an RH‑3 (Residential, House, Three‑Family) District and a 40‑X
Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending

(Proposed
for Continuance to February 1, 2001)

4.2000.654D(YOUNG:
558-6346)

412
LOMBARD STREET, north side between Grant Avenue and Stockton Street, Lot
010 in Assessor’s Block 0062 -- Request for Discretionary Review of Building
Permit Application No. 2000/03/03/3468 to construct a two-story vertical
addition to an existing one-story over basement single-family dwelling in an
RH-3 (Residential, House, Three-Family) District and a 40-X Height and Bulk
District.

Preliminary
Recommendation:Pending

(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 7, 200)

(Proposed
for Continuance to February 1, 2001)

5.2000.877D(NIKITAS: 558-6306)

240
- 16TH AVENUE - north side between California and Clement Streets, Lot 037
in Assessor’s Block 1418.Request
for Discretionary Review for Building Permit Application
No.2000/07/25/6060.The proposal
would add a four-story extension to the rear of the existing single family
dwelling, and would reconfigure the building interior to create a second
dwelling unit in an RH-2 (Residential, House, Two-Family) Dwelling and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: pending.

(Continued
from Regular Meeting of December 7, 2000)

(Proposed
for Continuance to February 8, 2001)

6.2000.677C(CHIN:575-6897)

373 BROADWAY STREET -
southeast corner of Broadway Street and Bartol Street; Lot 018 in Assessor’s
Block 0164: -- Request for Conditional Use authorization pursuant to Section
714.83 of the Planning Code to install a total of twelve antennas and a base
transceiver station on an existing four-story over basement building, as part
of AT&T’s wireless cellular network in the Broadway (Neighborhood
Commercial) District and a 65-A Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation:Approval with
Conditions

(Continued from
Regular Meeting of January 11, 2001)

(Proposed for
Continuance to February 8, 2001)

7.2000.1026C(WOODS:
558‑6315)

4314
CALIFORNIA STREET - north side, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, Lot 14 in
Assessor’s Block 1365 ‑‑ Request for Conditional Use Authorization under
Sections 303 and 710.27 of the Planning Code to extend the bar hours of an
existing bar and restaurant establishment (the V Pub Bar and Grill) from 11:00
p.m. to 2:00 a.m. in an NC‑1 (Neighborhood Commercial Cluster District) Zoning
District and 40‑X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Pending

(Proposed
for Continuance to February 22, 2001)

8.2000.739E(BLOMGREN:
558‑5979)

298
SHIPLEY STREET - northeast corner of Shipley and Sixth Street, Assessor’s
Block 3753, Lots 122 ‑‑ Appeal of a Preliminary Negative Declaration. Proposed construction of athree‑story building containing a total of 32 live/work
units and 32 off‑street parking spaces.The site currently has a vacant one‑story auto sales building, which
would be demolished.The new
building would reach a maximum height of 45 feet in a 40‑X height/bulk
district.The site is with a South
of Market RSD (Residential/Service) Mixed Use District, an MUHZ (Mixed Use
Housing Zone) interim zoning district, and a 40‑X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation:Uphold Preliminary
Recommendation

(Proposed for Continuance to March 8, 2001)

B.COMMISSIONERS’
QUESTIONS AND MATTERS

9.Consideration
of Adoption - draft minutes of December 7 and 14, 2000

10.Proposed
adoption of Planning Commission hearing schedule for 2001

11.Commission
Matters

C.DIRECTOR’S
REPORT

12.Director’s
Announcements

13.Review
of Past Week’s Events at the Board of Supervisors and Board of Appeals

E.REGULAR CALENDAR

14.(WILSON:558-6602)

DWELLING UNIT MERGER POLICY

Policy
discussion on the removal of dwelling units.Consider adopting criteria for Discretionary Review of
building permit applications to remove a legal dwelling unit.

15.1999.346TZ(MALTZER:
558-6391)

ADOPTION
OF NEW POLICIES REGARDING OFFICE USE AND CONVERSION OF LIVE/WORK (LOFT HOUSING)
WITHIN INTERIM INDUSTRIAL PROTECTION ZONES AND MIXED USE HOUSING ZONES - Consideration
of adopting new policies to discourage office development and to further
discourage the conversion of live/work to office within the Interim Controls
boundary area.These new policies
are to supplement existing policies previously adopted August 5, 1999 (CPC Res.
14861).

LIVE-WORK
TO LOFT HOUSING AMENDMENT - Consideration of adoption of amendments to Part
II, Chapter II, of the San Francisco Municipal Code (Planning Code) by amending
Sections 102.7 and 102.13 redefining "live/work" units as "loft
housing" and classifying them as residential uses; repealing Section 233
regarding live/work; adding Section 232 to establish requirements for loft
housing that would subject it to some existing live/work controls except that
there would be no restriction on the nature of work which could be performed in
the unit so long as the use is permitted in the SSO (Service/Secondary Office)
Zoning District and no requirement that the occupant(s) work in the unit, would
require loft housing to comply with existing inclusionary housing policies,
would require loft housing in residential areas to comply with all requirements
for residential uses including the residential design guidelines, would require
loft housing constructed in areas not zoned residential to comply with
non-residential design guidelines and all requirements for residential uses
except for front setback and open space requirements, would establish
procedures for converting live/work units to non-residential uses, and would
establish loft housing, rear yard exposure requirements.This ordinance supersedes any
inconsistent Planning Commission policies.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Adopt the Draft Ordinance

(Continued
from Regular Meeting of January 11, 2001)

17a.2000.265CV
(WONG:
558-6381)

2940
FOLSOM STREET - west side, between 25th and 26th Streets; Lot 008 in
Assessor’s block 6525: Request for Conditional Use Authorization for a
Community Facility (kitchen incubator program) in a RH-2 (Residential, House,
Two-Family) Zoning District, under Planning Code Section 209.4 (a), and for the
creation of three new dwelling units at a density not to exceed 1 unit per
1,500 square feet of lot area in a RH-2 Zoning District, under Planning Code
Section 209.1 (g). The subject property also falls within a 40-X Height/Bulk
District.The proposal is to
renovate the existing commercial property into a kitchen incubator program, run
by the Women’s Initiative for Self-Employment.This 4,270 gross square foot community facility will run
programs to assist participants with starting and operating catering/food
production microenterprise businesses. Three new dwelling units are proposed
for construction at the rear of the property.Each new unit will provide a required parking space,
accessed from Horace Street.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Approval with Conditions

17b.2000.265CV(WONG: 558-6381)

2940
FOLSOM STREET - west side, between 25th and 26th Streets; Lot 008 in
Assessor’s block 6525:Request for
a rear yard variance to construct three new dwelling units in the required rear
yard, under Planning Code Section 134 (a) (2).

18.1997.433A
(KOMETANI:
558-6478)

22 ALTA
STREET - north side between Montgomery and Sansome Streets.Lot 34A in Assessor’s Block 106 --Request
for Certificate of Appropriateness authorization, under Article 10 of the
Planning Code, to construct a new, one-unit, residential building, two-stories
at the front (Alta Street) elevation and five-stories at the rear in the
Telegraph Hill Historic District.The subject property is zoned RH-3 (House, Three-Family) District and is
in a 40-X Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary Recommendation: Approval with
Conditions

(Continued
from Regular Meeting of November 16, 2000)

F.SPECIAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW HEARING

At
Approximately5:00 PM the
Planning Commission will convene into a Special Discretionary Review (DR)
Hearing to hear and act on Discretionary Review matters.Procedures governing Special DR
Hearings are as follow: DR Requestor(s) are provided with up to five(5) minutes for a presentation and
those in support of the DR Requestor(s) are provided with up to three (3)
minutes each.The Project Sponsor
is then provided with up to five (5) minutes for a presentation and those in
support of the project are provided with up to three (3) minutes each.At the conclusion, each side (not each
person) is provided with 2 minutes for a rebuttal.Those cases that are scheduled on this calendar prior to
5:00 PM, but have not been called or heard by 5:00 PM, could be continued to a
later time or date as determined by the Commission.

19.2000.923DD(WANG:
558‑6335)

575
VALLEY STREET - south side between Castro and Diamond Streets; Lot 019 inAssessor’s Block 7536.The
proposal is to demolish an existing single‑family dwelling and construct a new
two‑story over garage and basement, single‑family dwelling, in an RH‑1
(Residential, House, Single‑Family) District and a 40‑X Height and Bulk
District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve the project as
submitted.

20.2000.1029D(WONG:
558-6381)

481
ARKANSAS STREET, Request for Discretionary Review
for Building Permit Application No. 200003245373 for the property at 481
Arkansas Street, Lot 012A in Assessor’s Block 4068.The proposal is to add one dwelling unit to an existing
single family, two-story residence by constructing a one floor plus penthouse
vertical addition.The subject
property falls within a RH-2 (Residential, Two-family) Zoning District and a
40-X Height / Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Take Discretionary Review and approve the project with
modifications.

21.2000.1118DDDD(NIKITAS:
558-6306)

33 WALNUT STREET, between Pacific Avenue and Jackson
Streets, Lot 002 in Assessor’s Block 0972, Request for Discretionary Review of
Building Permit Application No. 2000/05/01/9654, proposing to demolish existing
rear deck and bay window, and to add a rear extension 19’-10" deep at the
first floor and crawl space level below and extending 15’-10" deep at the
second-story with a roof deck above and a new attic level dormer at the front
of the house, in an RH-1 (Residential, House, One-Family) District and a 40-X
Height and Bulk District.

Preliminary
Recommendation: Do not take Discretionary Review and approve project as
submitted

F.PUBLIC
COMMENT

At this time, members of the public may address the
Commission on items of interest to the public that are within the subject
matter jurisdiction of the Commission except agenda items.With respect to agenda items, your
opportunity to address the Commission will be afforded when the item is reached
in the meeting with one exception.When the agenda item has already been reviewed in a public hearing at
which members of the public were allowed to testify and the Commission has
closed the public hearing, your opportunity to address the Commission must be
exercised during the Public Comment portion of the Calendar.Each member of the public may address
the Commission for up to three minutes.

The Brown Act forbids a commission from taking
action or discussing any item not appearing on the posted agenda, including
those items raised at public comment.In response to public comment, the commission is limited to:

(1)responding to statements made or
questions posed by members of the public; or

(2)requesting staff to report back on a
matter at a subsequent meeting; or

(3)directing staff to place the item on a
future agenda.(Government Code
Section 54954.2(a))